Hollingworth, Vernard, Private, 3664, 2nd Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire RegimentDisembarked for service 11th November 1914Born Chesterfield, DerbyshireEnlisted ChesterfieldKilled in action 11th January 1915 aged 18
Son of Mr and Mrs J Hollingworth, of 51 Locoford Lane, Stonegravels, ChesterfieldBuried in Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, Armentieres, France, Grave Reference: III B 25
Originally buried in Houplines Old Military Cemetery, Row E, Grave 20, Map Reference: 36.C.21.b.8.2.Reburied during December 1924 and January 1925
Note: Recorded in Soldiers Died in the Great War as Vernord Hollingworth and in the Medal Roll as Vernard Hollingsworth
1911 Census
A colliery labourer above ground
Son of John, a blacksmith, and Anne Elizabeth Hollingworth, of 21, Lockoford Lane, Stonegravels, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

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